[F_T_Y]

chico, on 21 October 2011 - 20:22, said:

It's the principle of the thing. The FA and BOA vs SFA.

Yes the Olympics are pishy, I'd reckon most decent Scotland National Team players are beyond the age range for the Olympic kickabout anyway.

So say if bannan,hanley or goodwillie all played for GB you would never let them play for scotland again because they played in an u23 tourney.mad logic

[chico]

F_T_Y, on 21 October 2011 - 20:24, said:

So say if bannan,hanley or goodwillie all played for GB you would never let them play for scotland again because they played in an u23 tourney.mad logic

They should be on their hols getting rested for Avril and their club sides.

[F_T_Y]

chico, on 21 October 2011 - 20:26, said:

They should be on their hols getting rested for Avril and their club sides.

Fair enough,has anyone watched the olympic football before ? i wont watch it if there is scots,welsh whatever it just dosent appeal to me.Olympics is all about the running and javelin.

[chico]

F_T_Y, on 21 October 2011 - 20:30, said:

Fair enough,has anyone watched the olympic football before ? i wont watch it if there is scots,welsh whatever it just dosent appeal to me.Olympics is all about the running and javelin.

Cycling and Rowing will be the Olympic events I'm interested in.

For me the insistence on a football team has put me off the Olympics. I'd have been more open minded about it had they left the football alone as per previous games.

[The Troll]

I don't care about a football version of Team GB competing in the Olympics, in fact i don't care about Team GB in any sport. To me it's cheesy pish that makes us a laughing stock to other nations.

Stuart Pearce was the right choice though. They had to choose from those employed by the Home Nations just now so they had a choice of.............

Craig Levein (Scotland Manager) - No interest i suspect
Billy Stark - (Scotland U21 & U19 Manager) - No interest

Fabio Capello (England Manager) - No interest
Stuart Pearce (England U21 Manager) - Interested, experience at club level of European football and well known and respected
Noel Blake (England U19 Manager) - Interested but not as good a choice as Pearce

Gary Speed (Wales Manager) - Not interested, and not as experienced as Pearce
Brian Flynn (Wales U21 & U19 Manager) - Done well at Swansea, and has been Wales most successful U21 manager. Almost took over as senior squad manager. Would have been a good choice but not as respected across the island as Pearce

Steve Beaglehole (Northern Ireland U21 Manager) - Plenty of experience at youth and reserve level, been touted behind the scenes for a few League 1 jobs but is too focused on the NI U21's, not better than Pearce anyway

[Enrico Annoni]

F_T_Y, on 21 October 2011 - 20:15, said:

Why ? whats the harm,its a fucking pishy tournament,they are only playing under the GB

The harm could be the home nations are disbanded and made to play under team GB for good.

Is it worth the risk really?

[H_B]

Enrico Annoni, on 22 October 2011 - 00:53, said:

The harm could be the home nations are disbanded and made to play under team GB for good.

Is it worth the risk really?

Not content with this being laughed out of the thread some pages ago, you decide what we really need is for you to introduce it again.

[H_B]

chico, on 21 October 2011 - 20:22, said:

Yes the Olympics are pishy, I'd reckon most decent Scotland National Team players are beyond the age range for the Olympic kickabout anyway.

I'm no fan of the Olympics either. I'd rather it wasn't in Britain. Would save us some money.

However, disparaging Olympic football seems a peculiar thing. Lionel Messi actually defied Barcelona to go to the 2008 Olympic Games. Do you think he values his gold medal ? Or Di Maria.. Aguero, Mascherano etc.

Players want to play in it. It's just sad that small minded blazers are trying to prevent them. I really hope the likes of Bale and Ramsey tell their national FA that they are playing, so they can go f**k themselves. Suit yourself if you want to drop me from your future squads - your loss.

This post has been edited by H_B: 22 October 2011 - 06:55

[Slartibartfast]

H_B, on 20 October 2011 - 14:15, said:

It's fantasy land nonsense form people desperately scrabbling for an argument that doesn't make them seem parochial and small minded.

If that's true, and you're arguing the opposite to them, does that mean that your argument is "fantasy land nonsense from people desperately scrabbling for an argument that does make them seem parochial and small minded". Just asking?

H_B, on 20 October 2011 - 14:19, said:

Do you honestly think (and actually do ponder this) that after the Olympics, FIFA are going to demand the home nations compete under one banner? Really?

Do you know for a fact that they won't? If you can show me unequivocal proof that the independent status of the four home FAs will not be threatened then I'll back TeamGB. There is no room for probabilities in this as even a highly unlikely event can take place. The only way to be sure is to not take part.

When I say I'll back TeamGB, I mean I won't disagree with it. I won't actually watch any of the Olympic football as the Olympics are all about the athletics, the rest is shit (even the boxing, and I quite like boxing).

banterman86, on 21 October 2011 - 12:52, said:

NBA All-Star Game - Boring

All basketball is boring, so, yes.

H_B, on 22 October 2011 - 06:45, said:

Not content with this being laughed out of the thread some pages ago, you decide what we really need is for you to introduce it again.

So, because you disagreed with it, that means it was laughed out the thread? You've an awful high opinion of yourself.

This post has been edited by Slartibartfast: 22 October 2011 - 19:19

[H_B]

Slartibartfast, on 22 October 2011 - 19:18, said:

If that's true, and you're arguing the opposite to them, does that mean that your argument is "fantasy land nonsense from people desperately scrabbling for an argument that does make them seem parochial and small minded". Just asking?

Eh, no.

And indeed, when pressed on this previously. the last poster trying this comedy scaremongering then backed off furiously when asked if post-Olympics Scotland would no longer compete individually. It then moved to "err, well, they probably will, but we might not get to decide on the dimensions of the pitch in 2050".

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Do you know for a fact that they won't?

I don't know for a fact that international football won't be disbanded completely next September. Do you? You can't prove a negative, you dope.

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If you can show me unequivocal proof that the independent status of the four home FAs will not be threatened then I'll back TeamGB.

If you can show me unequivocal proof that the independent status of the four home FAs will be threatened, then I won't back Team GB.

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So, because you disagreed with it, that means it was laughed out the thread? You've an awful high opinion of yourself.

Not only I disagreed with it. It was roundly laughed at, for the comedy scaremongering nonsenes that it is. As i said, if you want to pan Team GB, just settle for the bigot arguments. They actually make more sense, logically.

[thisal]

H_B, on 23 October 2011 - 07:24, said:

just settle for the bigot arguments. They actually make more sense, logically.

Are you saying supporting one of the home nations and not team GB is bigotted?

[deky]

banterman86, on 21 October 2011 - 12:10, said:

Pish.

People can have different levels of identities - Scottish and British. Scottish, British, European. It's not for anyone to tell them "You can only identify yourself in this way"

Do Catalonian and Basque players "whore themselves out" when they play for Spain? Would Gerard Pique's international career be better spent trying to get Catalonia recognised as a Fifa approved team?

Did Gordon durie "whore himself out" when he played for the European Select against the rest of the world select before the France 98 draw?

Should Scottish players playing for the British Lions be banned from representing Scotland again?

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes.

Out of interest, will McGeady be playing for Ireland at the Olympics, or will he be representing TeamGB?

[banterman86]

deky, on 24 October 2011 - 08:50, said:

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes.

Why?

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Out of interest, will McGeady be playing for Ireland at the Olympics, or will he be representing TeamGB?

For the good of Pie and Bovril,I can only hope he skippers Team GB

[craigkillie]

He won't be playing for Ireland anyway - they didn't qualify.

[Slartibartfast]

H_B, on 23 October 2011 - 07:24, said:

I don't know for a fact that international football won't be disbanded completely next September. Do you? You can't prove a negative, you dope.

Of course you can. I can prove that if I push you off a cliff then you WON'T float in mid air. All I need to prove it is your co-operation, you dope.

H_B, on 23 October 2011 - 07:24, said:

If you can show me unequivocal proof that the independent status of the four home FAs will be threatened, then I won't back Team GB.

You conveniently didn't quote the rest of the paragraph that mentioned that it's not worth the risk since we don't know.

H_B, on 23 October 2011 - 07:24, said:

Not only I disagreed with it. It was roundly laughed at, for the comedy scaremongering nonsenes that it is. As i said, if you want to pan Team GB, just settle for the bigot arguments. They actually make more sense, logically.

I'm not going to settle for any bigot argument as I'm not a bigot - unless disliking bigots because of their (bigoted) beliefs makes me a bigot?

I guess it all boils down to how important it is to you that the status of the 4 home nations is preserved. I believe that it is important and so, as there is no guarantee that their independence won't be threatened, that the risk should not be taken. You, on the other hand, appear to be taking the stance that because there is no guarantee that their independence will be threatened, then the risk should be taken. No matter how much/small of a risk it is, it's too big. After it is done, there is no going back.

[realmadrid]

While not only being an incompetent manager, having relegated 2 Premiership teams in his time in charge and had countless failures with the England under 21's it's being reported today that Pearce did the same thing that John Terry did that caused the resignations of Capello.

And with brothers like this would you trust this man with the Olympic team.

[Gaviliunas]

saw the britain football strip today looked brilliant will probably get it